North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 28th 2018

From the left (in boats): Lucy (Shields Class), Cor (Trudeau One), Rosie (Trudeau Patchogue II), Ellion (Shields Class), Beane (Quest Melges-24), Bianca (TMS Nacra 17), Danie (Bandit IF), Blair (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), Safy and Julia (TMS Flying Shadow), Jackson (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Lalia (TMS Nacra 17), Gryfin (TMS Nacra 17), and Victor (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Suze, Arwen, Zone, Opal, Nenrio, Petra, and Cryptic.
On the committee boat: Daenerys

This weeks North Sea Open Regatta featured another great fleet and spectator turnout. The small boat portion saw a fleet of 17 boats while the big boat portion had another 13 boats. Spectators again crowded the small race dock in the Eden Puffin region , as well as the beaches in the Eden Alabatros region, and Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region. The sims themselves behaved well as we only saw three Did Not Finishes (DNF) on the day. Plus, this Open Regatta was the first race that Daenerys was the lead Race Director for. We congratulate Daenerys after completing several weeks of Race Director training in The North Sea.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Trapezoid course, featured a majority of four Bandit IFs. Three Bandit 25s, three The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, two Trudeau Patchogue IIs, two Shields Class, one TMS Flying Shadow, one Quest Melges-24, and one Trudeau One rounded out the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big fleet, racing on the North Sea Manta course, featured a split majority of three Wildwind Open 60s and three TMS Ushuaias. Two TMS One Design 65s, two Trudeau 12 Metres, one TMS Pacha 110, one TMS Cafe Del Mar 75, and one Wildwind RC-44r rounded out the big boat fleet.

Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Petra and Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Beane (beane Bade), with Lucy (LucyInTheSky Afarensis) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Bianca (TgBianca Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the big boat portion for failing to complete a penalty turn as directed.

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Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) both finished tied with 21 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Jacquimo Resident	7	14
Arwyn Silverweb	10	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Jackson’s favor with having a seventh place finish over Rosie’s tenth place finish as her best.

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Lampoon (Lampoon Destiny) and Safy (CarissaBellane Resident) both finished tied with 24 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Lampoon Destiny	11	13
CarissaBellane Resident	12	12

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Lampoon’s favor with having an eleventh place finish over Safy’s twelfth place finish as her best.

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Rossa (rossamare Resident), Danie (Danie Fegte), and Ellion (Ellion Melodie) all finished tied with 29 points. As they all finished with exact placings in both races, a DNF and DNS respectively, neither rule A8.1 or rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, all three remain tied in fifteenth place overall.

 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 26th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Danie (Bandit IF), Bianca (Bandit 25), Red (Bandit IF), Blair (Bandit 25), Rossa (Bandit 25), Victor (Bandit IF), Rosie and Ela (Bandit 25), Jackson (Bandit IF), and Astrid (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Nenrio, Daenerys, Cat, and Cryptic.

This weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta saw some close racing with another great spectator turnout. Spectators crowded on top of the lighthouse at Lighthouse Isle, in the Ziziphus region, and again on the small race dock in the Eden Puffin region. The racers themselves made things lively as there were several photo finishes in both races. The sims behaved well again this week, as the DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day were not due to anyone crashing. This weeks fleet was always a nice mix as it contained an even majority of six Bandit 25s and six bandit IFs in each race.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Blair (Blair Karas), with Red (RedHeadJO Resident) second, and Victor (vsemionov Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Victor (vsemionov Resident) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
vsemionov Resident	2	7
Arwyn Silverweb	3	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Victor’s favor with having a second place finish over Rosie’s third place finish as her best.

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Bianca (TgBianca Resident) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) finished tied with 14 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
TgBianca Resident	10	4
AstridNewBonham Resident	4	10

In the last race, Bianca breaks the tie with Astrid with her fourth place finish over Astrid’s tenth place finish.

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LordHelmsman (LordHelmsman Resident) and Howard (hallveis Resident) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
LordHelmsman Resident	6	10
hallveis Resident	8	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in LordHelmsman’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Howard’s eightht place finish as his best.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 21st 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Dolphin Moth), Beane (TMS Flying Shadow), Victor (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Sue (TMS Nacra 17), and Sadal (TMS Nacra 17).
On the dock: Red, Petra, Joep, Cryptic, Daenerys, Nenrio, and Zone.

This weeks North Sea Open Regatta saw some smooth sailing weather with another great spectator turnout. The sims behaved well as we saw just two DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day, one in each race, due to crashes. The small race dock in Eden Puffin once again was packed with spectators along with the lighthouses in the Ziziphus and Eden Auk regions.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Counter-Clockwise (NS-CCW) course, was comprised of a majority of four Bandit IFs. Two Bandit 25s, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, two TMS Flying Shadows, and one Dolphin Moth made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Extreme course, was comprised of slim majority of two Wildwind Open 60s. One Wildwind AC-45, one Trudeau 12 Metre, one TMS Pacha 110, one TMS Cafe Del Mar 75, one TMS Ocean Beach, and one Bandit 55 made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

Edit: The TMS Cafe Del Mar 75’s handicap was adjusted to 0.99 from 1.35. The final results were updated to reflect this adjustment.

Race Director: Petra
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys and Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Beane (beane Bade), with Blair (Blair Karas) second, and ViV (vivipezz Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
ViV (vivipezz Resident), Jackson (Jacquimo Resident), and Sadal (SadalSuub Resident) all finished tied with 11 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
vivipezz Resident	1	10
Jacquimo Resident	2	9
SadalSuub Resident	3	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in ViV’s favor with having a first place finish over Jackson’s second place finish, and Sadal’s third place finish as their best, respectively. Subsequently, Jackson next breaks the tie in his favor, with his second place best finish over Sadal’s third place best finish.

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Sue (suemelgand Resident) and Rugger (ruggeromare Resident) both finished tied with 13 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
suemelgand Resident	4	9
ruggeromare Resident	6	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sue’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Rugger’s sixth place finish as his best.

 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 19th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Lea (Bandit IF), Danie (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), and Rosie (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Victor, Daenerys, and Cryptic.

Wonderful sailing weather and another great spectator turnout featured in this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The regions were smooth as not a single hiccup or crash was experienced by any boat in the fleet for both races. Spectators once again filled up the small race dock in Eden Puffin and the beaches along Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region. This week also saw the Bandit IFs regain their majority as four were present with three Bandit 25s making up the remainder of the fleet.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 11kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Red (RedHeadJO Resident), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Blair (Blair Karas) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Note:
Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Blair (Blair Karas) both finished tied with 6 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
moonglownight Resident	1	5
Blair Karast	2	4

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a first place finish over Blair’s second place finish as his best.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 14th 2018

From the left (in boats): Sadal (Dolphin Moth), Howard (Bandit 25), Red (Bandit IF), Beane and Minna (TMS Flying Shadow), Annie (Trudeau T-12), Lucy (Quest Melges-24), Jackson (Bandit IF), Carlota (Bandit IF), Moon (Bandit IF), Gryfin (TMS Nacra 17), Danie (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), Dean (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), Rosie and Ela (Quest Melges-24), and Samantha (Bandit 25).
On the dock: Sasha, Cryptic, Maddie, and Nenrio
On the committee boat: Daenerys and Petra.

A great turnout in spectators and racers highlighted this weeks North Sea Open Regatta. We had a large fleet for the small boat portion of the Open Regatta with 18 boats while the big boat portion saw 10 boats. The dock in Eden Puffin was also packed with spectators cheering on the racers while the beaches of Eden Albatros and Lighthouse Isle in the Ziziphus region saw enthusiastic crowds gather. Plus, the sim weather was mild with calm seas as the DNFs (Did Not Finish) on the day, 3 in the small boat race and 1 in the big boat race, were not due to crashes.

The small boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Triple Pink course, was comprised of a majority of six Bandit 25s. Five bandit IFs, two The Mesh Shop (TMS) Nacra 17s, two Quest Melges-24s, one TMS Flying Shadow, one Dolphin Moth, and on Trudeau T-12 made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing on the North Sea Counter Clockwise (NS-CCW) course, was comprised of a majority of three TMS One Design 65s. Two TMS Pacha 110s, two TMS Ushuaias, two Wildwind Open 60s, one Wildwind RC-44r, and one Trudeau Francois Jacques made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

The crowd at the race dock, in Eden Puffin, cheering on the finishers towards the end of the small boats portion of the North Sea Bandit Regatta, on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018. Picture courtesy of Howard Hughes (hallveis Resident)

Race Director: Petra
Assistant Race Directors: Daenerys and Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Beane (beane Bade), with Lalia (LaliaCasau Resident) second, and Moon (moonglownight Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) and Howard (hallveis Resident) both finished tied with 15 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Arwyn Silverweb	2	13
hallveis Resident	7	8

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rosie’s favor with having a second place finish over Howard’s seventh place finish as his best.

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Dean (Dean March) and Jackson (Jacquimo Resident) finished tied with 16 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
Dean March	11	5
Jacquimo Resident	5	11

In the last race, Dean breaks the tie with Jackson with his fifth place finish over Jackson’s eleventh place finish.

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Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and Sadal (SadalSuub Resident) both finished tied with 17 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
RedHeadJO Resident	6	11
SadalSuub Resident	7	10

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Sadal’s seventh place finish as his best.

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Blair (Blair Karas) and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) both finished tied with 20 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Blair Karas	4	16
AstridNewBonham Resident	9	11

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Blair’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Astrid’s ninth place finish as her best.

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Danie (Danie Fegte) and Yomogi (Yomogi Resident) both finished tied with 23 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Danie Fegte	9	14
Yomogi Resident	11	12

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Danie’s favor with having a ninth place finish over Yomogi’s elevnth place finish as her best.

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Annie (Claire175 Resident) and Gryfin (Gryfin Goldshark) both finished tied with 27 points. As they both finished with the exact placings in both races, a DNF and DNS respectively, neither rule A8.1 or rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will break their tie. Therefore, they remain tied in seventh place overall.

 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 12th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Carlota (Bandit IF), Red (Bandit IF), LordHelmsman (Bandit IF), Blair (Bandit 25), Astrid (Bandit 25), and Yomgoi (Bandit IF).
On the dock: Maestro, Nenrio, and Petra.
On the commitee boat: Daenerys and Cryptic.

Smooth seas and a nice turnout featured in this weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta. The sims were well behaved today as not a crash was had in either race along with no DNFs (Did Not Finish). We saw a nice fleet for both races, with 8 bots in each, evenly split with four Bandit 25s and four Bandit IFs. This was also our monthly There And Back Again as the fleet raced on North Sea Breadnut to Eden Auk for race 1 and North Sea Eden Auk to Breadnut for race 2. Plus, we again had a great spectator turnout as the beaches in Eden Albatros and Ziziphus had crowds along with the race docks in Eden Puffin and Genip.

Race Director: Cryptic
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys

Wind: SW (225°) 11kts

Wind: SE (135°) 15kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Blair (Blair Karas), with Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) second, and Howard (hallveis Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and to SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Blair (Blair Karas) and Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) both finished tied with 4 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Blair Karas	1	3
Carlota Dufaux	2	2

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Blair’s favor with having a first place finish over Carlota’s second place finish as her best.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) both finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
moonglownight Resident	1	9
Arwyn Silverweb	4	6

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a first place finish over Rosie’s fourth place finish as her best.

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Red (RedHeadJO Resident) and LordHelmsman (LordHelmsman Resident) both finished tied with 13 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
RedHeadJO Resident	4	9
LordHelmsman Resident	6	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Red’s favor with having a fourth place finish over LordHelmsman’s sixth place finish as his best.

 

North Sea Open Regatta – Mar 7th 2018

From the left (in boats): Howard (Bandit 25), Rossa (Bandit 25), Esther (Quest Melges-24), Red (Bandit IF), Rayz (TMS Flying Shadow), Beane (TMS Flying Shadow), Moon (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), and Rosie (Quest 2m).
On the committee boat: Petra.

This weeks North Sea Open Regatta saw turbulent seas in the beginning turn smooth towards the end. The sim weather was choppy for the small boats portion of the Open Regatta, as five boats were lost to DNFs (Did Not Finish). The seas turned pristine for the big boats portion of the Open Regatta, as every boat in the fleet finished. Crowds once again turned up along the usual spots in the North Sea, in the Eden Albatros, Eden Puffin, and Ziziphus regions.

This weeks small boat fleet, racing a 3 lap affair on the North Sea Short Loop course, was made up of a split majority of four Bandit 25s and four Bandit IFs. Two TMS (The Mesh Shop) Flying Shadows, one TMS Nacra 17, one Quest 2m, and one Quest Melges-24 made up the remainder of the small boat fleet. Meanwhile, the big boat fleet, racing 2 lap affair on the North Sea Long Loop course, was made up of majority of four TMS One Design 65s. Two TMS Ushuaias, two Wildwind Open 60s, and one Bandit 60 made up the remainder of the big boat fleet.

Race Director: Petra
Assistant Race Director: Daenerys
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Beane (beane Bade), with Moon (moonglownight Resident) second, and Helena (Helena Carstensz) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.

Race Notes:
Helena (Helena Carstensz) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
Helena Carstensz	1	8
Arwyn Silverweb	2	7

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Helena’s favor with having a first place finish over Rosie’s second place finish as her best.

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Rossa (rossamare Resident) and Rosie (Rayzza Rubbleb) both finished tied with 16 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
rossamare Resident	6	10
Rayzza Rubble	7	9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Rossa’s favor with having a sixth place finish over Rayz’s seventh place finish as his best.

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Esther (EstherGM Resident) and Blair (Blair Karas) both finished tied with 18 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
EstherGM Resident	4	14
Blair Karas	9	9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Esther’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Blair’s ninth place finish as his best.

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Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident), Howard (hallveis Resident), and Emily (EmilyWaugh Resident) all finished tied with 19 points. As they all have the exact same finishes in both small and big boat races, a DNF and DNS respectively, neither rule A8.1 or A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing will satisfy breaking their tie. Therefore, they remain tied in twelfth place overall.

 

Bandit Regatta – Mar 5th 2018

From the left (in boats): Daenerys (Bandit IF), Carlota and Esther (Bandit IF), Rossa (Bandit 25), Jackson (Bandit IF), Astrid (Bandit 25), Blair (Bandit 25), and Rosie (Bandit 25).
On the dock: Nenrio, Howard, Sasha, Dess, Cryptic, and Petra.

This weeks North Sea Bandit Regatta started off with some smooth seas but turned bumpy at the end. The sims played nice for the first race with only just 2 DNFs (Did Not Finish) recorded, however they turned bumpy during the second race as the Sapote region devoured most of the fleet with 9 DNFs recorded. Spectators continued the great trend of large turnouts as the dock in Eden Puffin was once again crowded for both races. This weeks fleet was made up of a split majority of six Bandit 25s and six Bandit IFs.

Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts

Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1

Today’s winner was Blair (Blair Karas), with Rayz (Rayzza Rubble) second, and Astrid (AstridNewBonham Resident) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate and the SLCG for helping with race duties.

Race Notes:
Daenerys (blondij Resident) and Carlota (Carlota Dufaux) both finished tied with 9 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
blondij Resident	1	8
Carlota Dufaux	4	5

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Daenerys’s favor with having a first place finish over Carlota’s fourth place finish as her best.

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Moon (moonglownight Resident), Yomogi (Yomogi Resident), and Howard (hallveis Resident) all finished tied with 13 points. Rule A8.1 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“

Skipper	Best Finish	Next Best Finish
moonglownight Resident	2	11
Yomogi Resident	3	10
hallveis Resident	4	9

With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Moon’s favor with having a second place finish over Yomogi’s third place finish and Howard’s fourth place finish as their best. Yomogi’s third place best finish further breaks the tie in her favor over Howard’s fourth place best finish.

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Markz (Markz McMahon) and Rosie (Arwyn Silverweb) finished tied with 17 points. As they both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Guidance on Scoring under Appendix A to the Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:

“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2
Markz McMahon	4	13
Arwyn Silverweb	13	4

In the last race, Markz breaks the tie with Rosie with his four point finish over Rosie’s thirteen point finish.